Claude Michel, known as Clodion, was born in Nancy in 1738. In 1755, he joined J.B.Pigalle's studio.
Grand Prix sculpture of the Royal Academy in 1761, he died in 1814.
He is known for his mythological groups of dancers, nymphs, terracotta bathers.
Museums: Agen, Nancy, Louvre, Rouen, Versailles.